Predicate: rip

rip: Frames file for 'rip' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: rip.01 , to tear apart, vncls: 23.2 45.1 21.1-1, framnet:

rip.01: Member of VN classes break-45.1, split-23.2, cut-21.1-1

Roles:

        Arg0: ripper, agent (vnrole: 23.2-agent, 45.1-agent, 21.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: entity ripped (vnrole: 23.2-patient, 45.1-patient, 23.2-patient1, 21.1-1-patient)
        Arg2: ripped from (vnrole: 23.2-patient2, 21.1-1-source)

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        As a result , the link between the futures and stock markets ripped apart .

        Argm-dis: As a result
        Arg1: the link between the futures and stock markets
        Rel: ripped
        Argm-mnr: apart

Roleset id: rip.02 , to move violently, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: entity moving

Example: with direction

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: ns

        The estimated earthquake losses are low compared with the $ 4 billion [*U*] in claims that insurers face [*T*-2] from Hurricane Hugo , which [*T*-1] ripped through the Caribbean and the Carolinas last month .

        Arg1: [*T*-1]
        Argm-rcl: which -> Hurricane Hugo
        Rel: ripped
        Argm-dir: through the Caribbean and the Carolinas


Predicate: rip_out

Roleset id: rip.03 , to tear apart, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: ripper
        Arg1: entity ripped out

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        `` I 've ripped out a lot of Delicious '' and grafted the trees with many different shoots , says [*T*-1] Steve Wood , a West Lebanon , N.H. , grower , [*-2] tramping through his 100-acre Poverty Lane Orchard on a crisp autumn day recently .

        Arg0: I
        Rel: [ ripped] [ out]
        Arg1: a lot of Delicious


Predicate: rip_off

Roleset id: rip.04 , to exploit, steal, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: exploiter
        Arg1: entity ripped off

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        She says [0] her group used [*-2] to give tips on [*] selecting planners -- [*] check educational and experience credentials , consult regulators and Better Business Bureaus -- but found that [even some people who [*T*-1] took these steps]-3 `` were still getting ripped [*-3] off . ''

        Argm-tmp: still
        Rel: [ ripped] [ off]
        Arg1: [*-3]


Predicate: rip_up

Roleset id: rip.05 , remove, vncls: , framnet:

rip.05: frame for 'rip up' added by Jena

Roles:

        Arg0: remover
        Arg1: thing removed

Example: passive

        [The town hall] made plans * to rip up the stone steps on
        the long pathway leading up the mountainside

        Arg0: * --> [The town hall]
        Rel: [ rip] [ up]
        Arg1: the stone steps
        Argm-loc: on the long pathway leading up the mountainside